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Trek into the Amazon

RHD Podcast (Watering Hole 09/06/2024) Creative Disturbance

Episode Description

Swiss artist and composer Thom Kubli recounts a trek into the Amazon to record the environs in a conversation spanning the topics of sonic thought, shamanism, and the split between nature and the technological intervention of humanity.

About our speaker

Thom Kubli

Artist and Composer

Thom Kubli works as an artist and composer in Berlin. His practice is multidisciplinary, blending elements of composition, sculpture, and conceptual approaches. His installation pieces oscillate between spectacle and contemplation, exploring the social implications of physical space and virtual presence.

Kubli often collaborates with scientific institutions like the MIT Media Lab or the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to devise new technologies and materials.

His performances and installations have been shown internationally, amongst others at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC, Ars Electronica, Linz, Transmediale, Berlin, Eyebeam, NYC, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City, FILE, São Paulo, LABoral, Spain, and in numerous art galleries. His composition pieces and experimental radio plays have been widely broadcast through public radio stations such as WDR, DLRK, ORF, SRF, and others.

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Post-Pandemic Joy

Post-Pandemic Joy Creative Disturbance

Episode Description

Join Roger Malina and Oskar Olsson for a call with Ben Evans to discuss his work with virtual reality museum experiences and the positive aftermaths of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Jabez Abraham

Jabez Abraham Creative Disturbance

Episode Description

The open-door policy of the lab sparks a conversation between medical student Jabez Abraham and Roger Malina on ethics and discipline.

About our guest

Jabez was originally born in India and moved to the US at a very young age. He is currently pursuing a degree that would allow him to work in the medical field. He loves to share ideas and discuss them with others.

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Virtual Reality for Real Rehabilitation

Veena Somareddy: Virtual Reality for Real Rehabilitation Creative Disturbance

Episode Description

Join the CEO of Neuro Rehab VR Veena Somareddy, Evan Acuna, and Roger Malina to discuss her work merging healthcare and virtual reality in physical rehabilitation.

About Our Guest

Veena Somareddy

CEO of Neuro Rehab VR

Veena Somareddy is the CEO of Neuro Rehab VR, a VR healthcare start-up aimed at building virtual reality therapy exercises for rehabilitation. Her accolades include being recognized as a Top Innovator in North Texas, Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas honoree, and featured in Forbes and Cosmopolitan. She also received a National Science Foundation grant and was one of the 10 start-ups chosen to participate in the first Amazon Healthcare Accelerator. Using her many years of research and development experience in VR and AR she is helping to connect technology and healthcare to enhance patient care and rehabilitation outcomes greatly.